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VIVO PARTICIPAÇÕES S/A MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
1. DATE, TIME AND PLACE: October 30, 2006, at 04:40 pm., on Av. Roque Petroni Júnior, 1464, 6º andar, lado B, São Paulo - SP.
2. CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE MEETING: Manoel Luiz Ferrão de Amorim – Chairman of the Meeting; Simone Wilches Braga – Secretary of the Meeting.
3. INSTATEMENT: The meeting was instated with the attendance of the undersigned Directors, who represent a quorum under the terms of the Articles of Incorporation.
4. AGENDA AND RESOLUTIONS:
4.1. Substitution of the Executive Vice-Presidente of Marketing and Innovation: The Chairman of the Board of Directors presented to the other directors the letter of resignation signed by Mr. Guilherme Silvério Portela Santos, elected for the office of Executive Vice-President of Marketing and Innovation, by this Board, at a meeting held on May 02, 2006. Following, Mr. Eduardo Aspesi, Brazilian, married, business manager, holder of Identity Card RG nº 7003778136 SSP/RG, enrolled with the CPF/MF under nº 352.847.730-04, resident and domiciled in the Capital of São Paulo State, with business offices at Av. Roque Petroni Júnior, 1464, 6º andar, lado A, Morumbi, São Paulo – SP, was nominated and elected in substitution for Mr. Guilherme Silvério Portela Santos. The Vice-President herein elected will complete the term of office in course, that is, until the next first meeting of the Board of Directors to be held after the 2009 Annual Shareholders Meeting. It is recorded herein that he declared not to be convicted of any crime provided for by Law which might prevent him from exercising business activities, as well as is eligible to sign the statement required in CVM Instruction no. 367/2002 and that he is undertaken to provide such signed statement upon his signing of the Instrument of Investiture. The Directors have caused it to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting that they thanked Mr. Guilherme Silvério Portela Santos for his excellent and dedicated contribution to the Company.
5. CLOSING OF THE MEETING: Since there was nothing else to be discussed, the meeting was closed and these minutes were drawn-up, which after having been read and approved, were signed by the Directors who attended the meeting and by the Secretary of the Meeting, being following transcribed in the proper book.
Signatures: Manoel Luiz Ferrão de Amorim – Chairman of the Board and of the Meeting; Felix Pablo Ivorra Cano; Shakhaf Wine; Antonio Gonçalves de Oliveira; Luiz Kaufmann; Henri Philippe Reichstul; Rui Manuel de Medeiros D’Espiney Patrício – Directors; João Pedro Amadeu Baptista – Vice-Chairman of the Board represented by Mr. Shakhaf Wine and Ignácio Aller Mallo – Director represented by Mr. Felix Pablo Ivorra Cano. Simone Wilches Braga – Secretary of the Meeting.
I hereby certify that this is a faithful copy of the original minutes that were drawn-up in the proper book.
Simone Wilches Braga
Secretary of the Meeting OAB/RJ nº 97.249
SIGNATURE
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/S/ Ernesto Gardelliano
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Ernesto Gardelliano
Investor Relations Officer |
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